diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
index 6e907ee19164..ffba56ee8a60 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
@@ -3542,19 +3542,29 @@ static void rvu_update_module_params(struct rvu *rvu)
 		kpu_profile ? kpu_profile : default_pfl_name, KPU_NAME_LEN);
 }
 
+static atomic_t device_bound = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+
 static int rvu_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
 	struct rvu *rvu;
 	int    err;
 
+	if (atomic_cmpxchg(&device_bound, 0, 1) != 0) {
+		dev_warn(dev, "Only one af device is supported.\n");
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
 	rvu = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*rvu), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!rvu)
+	if (!rvu) {
+		atomic_set(&device_bound, 0);
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	rvu->hw = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct rvu_hwinfo), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!rvu->hw) {
 		devm_kfree(dev, rvu);
+		atomic_set(&device_bound, 0);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
@@ -3687,6 +3697,7 @@ static int rvu_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 	devm_kfree(&pdev->dev, rvu->hw);
 	devm_kfree(dev, rvu);
+	atomic_set(&device_bound, 0);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -3716,6 +3727,7 @@ static void rvu_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		cn20k_free_mbox_memory(rvu);
 	kfree(rvu->ng_rvu);
 	devm_kfree(&pdev->dev, rvu);
+	atomic_set(&device_bound, 0);
 }
 
 static void rvu_shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev)